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Katherine Parker - The One Before The Last

The story of poet Rupert Brooke’s complex love affair with Katherine β€œKa” Cox. Starring Colin Firth and Emma Piper.

The poet Rupert Brooke died of illness at the tragically early age of 27 during the First World War.

One of the most beautiful men in England, he had many admirers, but his emotional life was far from trouble-free.

While up at Cambridge, he met Ka Cox - a large, ungainly, matronly woman with whom he had a most complex love affair.

Starring Colin Firth and Emma Piper.

Revealing drama written by Katherine Parker.

Rupert Brooke …. Colin Firth
Katherine β€˜Ka’ Cox …. Emma Piper
Mrs Brooke .... Janet Henfrey
Francis Cornford .... Michael Tudor Barnes
Frances Cornford .... Susie Brann
Noel .... Deborah Makepeace
Young Man .... Jonathan Tafler
Statesman .... Peter Howell

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in April 1987.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 20 May 2023 01:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Jun 2019 16:00
  • Mon 3 Jun 2019 04:00
  • Sun 27 Jun 2021 16:00
  • Sun 27 Jun 2021 20:00
  • Mon 28 Jun 2021 04:00
  • Fri 19 May 2023 05:00
  • Fri 19 May 2023 10:00
  • Fri 19 May 2023 15:00
  • Sat 20 May 2023 01:00